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Record W4414516157 · doi:10.1111/prd.12629

Serum cytokines in periodontal diseases

2025· article· en· W4414516157 on OpenAlex

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fundA Canadian funder is recorded on the work.

Bibliographic record

VenuePeriodontology 2000 · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldDentistry
TopicOral microbiology and periodontitis research
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Saskatchewan
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaCanadian Institutes of Health ResearchCanada Foundation for Innovation
KeywordsGingivitisImmune systemCytokineInflammationProinflammatory cytokineDental alveolusPeriodontitis

Abstract

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Periodontal disease, including gingivitis and periodontitis, is a chronic inflammatory condition that leads to the destruction of the supporting structures of teeth. The disease is characterized by a complex immune response, where cytokines play a central role in regulating both inflammation and tissue breakdown. Cytokines are small signaling proteins that mediate communication between immune cells, driving the progression of periodontal diseases by activating immune cells, promoting osteoclast differentiation, and stimulating the production of matrix metalloproteinases. This leads to the degradation of periodontal ligament fibers, alveolar bone resorption, and eventual tooth loss. Cytokines contribute not only to localized tissue damage but also to systemic inflammation. Given that periodontal diseases are a chronic inflammatory diseases, their systemic implications are significant. Increasing evidence shows an association between periodontal diseases and other systemic conditions, suggesting that serum cytokine levels could provide valuable insights into both periodontal and systemic health. Understanding the role of serum cytokines in periodontal diseases is critical for identifying systemic inflammatory patterns and disease progression. Evaluating serum cytokine profiles may lead to the discovery of new diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets. Cytokine-modulating therapies could potentially reduce the inflammatory burden in periodontal diseases and improve patient outcomes, especially in individuals with comorbid systemic conditions. This review highlights the current evidence on serum cytokines in periodontal diseases and emphasizes the need for further research to develop cytokine-targeted therapies for improved management of periodontal diseases.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMeta-epidemiology (narrow), Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)
Consensus categoriesInsufficient payload (model declined to judge)
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.077
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0060.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

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Opus teacher head0.010
GPT teacher head0.306
Teacher spread0.295 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it